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euans

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Calque of Ancient Greek εὐάζων (euázōn), from εὐάζω (euázō). But there is no verb *euāre attested.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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euāns (genitive euantis); third-declension one-termination adjective

  1. crying 'euan!' (the cry of the bacchantibus)
    • c. 84 BCE – 54 BCE, Catullus, Carmina 64.390–393:
      saepe vagus Līber Parnassī vertice summō
      Thȳjadas effūsīs euantēs crīnibus ēgit,
      cum Delphī tōtā certātim ex urbe ruentēs
      acciperent laetī dīvum fūmantibus ārīs.

Declension

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Third-declension one-termination adjective.

singular plural
masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
nominative euāns euantēs euantia
genitive euantis euantium
dative euantī euantibus
accusative euantem euāns euantēs euantia
ablative euantī euantibus
vocative euāns euantēs euantia

References

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  • euans in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • euans in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
  • euans”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press